Quote:Brian4455
Catty is a excellent scrummager but a excellent little one will very,very beat a excellent big one,nothing to do with Buckley,he's just a lump.
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Mercer is not the only one. Mears, Catt, Attwood, Caldwell, Fearns, Moody, Skirving, Taylor, Claassens, Donald, Vesty, Barkley, Hipkiss, Banahan, Cuthbert and Biggs are all out of contract after next season.
That'd be my call - maybe harsh, but you're looking then into 2013/14 and contracts probably running through to RWC so have they got another 2-3 years and we need to make space for rising Academy players surely?
Quote:TCM2007
No, the new owners came in and basically sacked half the squad.
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Mercer is not the only one. Mears, Catt, Attwood, Caldwell, Fearns, Moody, Skirving, Taylor, Claassens, Donald, Vesty, Barkley, Hipkiss, Banahan, Cuthbert and Biggs are all out of contract after next season.
That'd be my call - maybe harsh, but you're looking then into 2013/14 and contracts probably running through to RWC so have they got another 2-3 years and we need to make space for rising Academy players surely?
Agree with that Bod - might even add Barkley to it as well - as soon as Eastmond is up to speed I can't see him getting a look in
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Mercer is not the only one. Mears, Catt, Attwood, Caldwell, Fearns, Moody, Skirving, Taylor, Claassens, Donald, Vesty, Barkley, Hipkiss, Banahan, Cuthbert and Biggs are all out of contract after next season.
That'd be my call - maybe harsh, but you're looking then into 2013/14 and contracts probably running through to RWC so have they got another 2-3 years and we need to make space for rising Academy players surely?
Quote:You need to go darker than that - though I agree with the sentiment.devizes bath fan
Skirving as a squad member is certainly worth retaining.
Quote:Ex-BodQuote:TCM2007
No, the new owners came in and basically sacked half the squad.
So did Sale last summer after they finished 10th
Quote:Which TylerQuote:You need to go darker than that - though I agree with the sentiment.devizes bath fan
Skirving as a squad member is certainly worth retaining.
Not sure the colour thing is going to catch on though - not unless you call it the iScheme, or something
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I'm not sure if I've told this story before, but I think if one has a low opinion of Skirving, this may just boost it.
At the beginning of last season, Steve Meehan told Ben Skirving that he didn't want him, he was into the last year of his contract and Meehan wanted to send him out on loan until his contract finished. Skirving said no, that he wanted to stay, train hard, and fight for his place. Skirving did this, and through a couple of injuries got his place in the side, he then was involved in the next 20+ consecutive match day squads.
I think that says a lot about Skirving's desire and will. I think he's a very good player and one that does a lot of unseen work around the park. He's also the quickest player in the squad over 10 meters!
Quote:surely not, a boosted low opinion would become a higher opinion, a boosted negative opinion on the other hand...devizes bath fan
Good example although wouldn't a boosted low opinion be an extremely low opinion?
Quote:I'm not sure if I've told this story before, but I think if one has a low opinion of Skirving, this may just boost it.
At the beginning of last season, Steve Meehan told Ben Skirving that he didn't want him, he was into the last year of his contract and Meehan wanted to send him out on loan until his contract finished. Skirving said no, that he wanted to stay, train hard, and fight for his place. Skirving did this, and through a couple of injuries got his place in the side, he then was involved in the next 20+ consecutive match day squads.
Quote:I think we'd be in the naughty corner for several threads today. Maybe we should demand that the mods split each of those thread into the initial topic, with separate threads for each side-track taken - surely it couldn't take more than a couple of days to catch up with today's ramblings?marshie10
We're so lucky we're allowed to go meandering off topic, otherwise the three of us would be in the naughty corner!!
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We're so lucky we're allowed to go meandering off topic, otherwise the three of us would be in the naughty corner!!